Bijapur District, formerly known as Birjapur, is one of the 27
districts of the state of
Chhattisgarh in central
India
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. It is one of the two new districts created on May 11, 2007. As of 2011 it is the second least populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of the
18 at the time), after
Narayanpur. It is the second-least literate district in India, with a literacy rate of at 41.58%, according to the 2011 census.
The present collector of Bijapur is Shri Rajendra Kumar Katara (IAS).
History
Bijapur district was formerly part of the
Dantewada district
Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or Dakshin Bastar District (South Bastar District), is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bastar Division. Until 1 ...
. It is currently a part of the
Red Corridor
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of Naxalite activity.
Geography
The Bijapur district occupies the south western part of Chhattisgarh. The district borders on the
Narayanpur district
Narayanpur district is one of the 33 districts of Chhattisgarh State in Central India. It is one of the two districts created on May 11, 2007. It was carved out from the erstwhile Bastar district. This district occupies an area of 6640 km ...
to the north and the Dantewada district to the east. To the southwest, it borders on
Telangana
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state, to the west on
Maharashtra state. Chhattisgarh Highest Waterfall Nambi Jaldhara about 540 feet (earlier was Teerathgarh Waterfall in Dantevada about 300 feet) founded Near Usur, 64 km away from Bijapur.
This district occupies an area of 6555 km
2.
Bijapur is the administrative headquarters. In total, the district comprises 675 villages.
Transport
The nearest airport is at Raipur.
Railway
There is no railway station in this district as the district is situated in the western side of
Bailadila Range. Railway connectivity is available to the eastern side of Bailadila Range. Nearby railway station is Dantewada, which is 92 km west of district headquarter. The track belongs to
East Coast Railway zone
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History
Consequent upon the parliament's approval, Ea ...
which further connects to Jagdalpur, Jeypore and Koraput Junction .
Road
The
National Highway that passes Bijapur town is the
NH16. It connects Bijapur to
Jagdalpur towards the east and to
Nizamabad in
Andhra Pradesh
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in the west while passing through
Maharashtra.
The NH 63 at
Bhopalpatnam connects Bijapur to the
NH 202 leading to
Warangal
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Warangal ser ...
and
Hyderabad
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.
Bijapur and Jagdalpur towns connects to Nizamabad in Telangana while passing through Maharashtra. A Bridge which has been made and started across the river and the ferry system which was a trouble has been solved. The indravati bridge now operates 24x7 in all weather connecting the district to States of Maharashtra and Telangana .
Also other bridge as one goes further towards Maharashtra on the NH 16, there was another bridge missing on river Pranahita near
Sironcha
Sironcha is a town and municipal council in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state in India. It connected with NH-63.
History
Historically, Sironcha was a key location for the East India Company from Nizam perspective, it was the Southern ...
was also inaugurated and has been helping to cross the river while connecting the road network of the area.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census, Bijapur district has a
population
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of 255,230,
roughly equal to the nation of
Vanuatu
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.
This gives it a ranking of 581st in India (out of a total of
640).
[ The district has a population density of .][ Its ]population growth rate
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.76%.[ Bijapur has a ]sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species d ...
of 982 females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...
for every 1000 males,[ and a ]literacy rate
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of 41.58%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.97% and 80.00% of the population respectively.[
]
See also
* Dogoli
References
External links
Official website
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Districts of Chhattisgarh
2007 establishments in Chhattisgarh